KFC has
given an American couple – who named their daughter after the chain’s founder,
Colonel Sanders – about R165 000.

The fried
chicken outlet donated the money towards baby Harland Rose’s university tuition
after her parents gave her the same first name as the iconic colonel.

KFC
announced baby Harland as the winner of their baby naming competition on
Twitter on Tuesday.

I’m as pleased as pumpkin punch to announce the winner of our Baby Harland Naming Contest and the Harland who will be ushering in an all-new generation of Harlands, little Harland Rose. pic.twitter.com/wI2SNshsZ6

The fast
food outlet started a baby naming competition in August, saying that the first
family to have a child on 9 September and name their newborn Harland would get
the money for the baby’s university tuition, reports The
Sun.

They did
this to revive the popularity of the late founder's name, which was ranked as
only the 5 477th most chosen name for newborns in 2018.

According to
Straits
Times, the US$11,000 prize money was a nod to the 11 different herbs
and spices in the batter of KFC's fried chicken.

The ninth of
September would’ve been Colonel Sanders' 128th birthday. He died in 1980.

Announcing
the win on Twitter under the guise of the colonel, KFC created a mock birth
certificate with a cute picture of baby Harland, reading:

“I’m as
pleased as pumpkin punch to announce the winner of our Baby Harland Naming
Contest, and the Harland who’ll be ushering in an all-new generation of
Harlands, little Harland Rose.”